D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B105

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 22-B105 - HEALTH NUISANCES: MANUFACTURING

105.1

All establishments or places of business for tanning, skinning, scouring, or dressing hides or leather within the District that are in a filthy condition, or from which noisome odors or noxious gases arise, shall be considered nuisances injurious to health.

105.2

Any person who erects, creates, maintains, or continues a nuisance as defined in § 105.2, and who fails to abate the nuisance after due notice from the Mayor, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.

105.3

Any of the following activities in the District shall be considered a nuisance injurious to health:

(a) Boiling of offal, swill, bones, fat, tallow, or lard;

(b) Crushing, grinding, or burning of bones or shells;

(c) Cleansing guts;

(d) Making or boiling varnish or oil;

(e) Making lamp-black, turpentine, or tar;

(f) Distilling ardent, alcoholic, or fermented spirits;

(g) Storing or keeping scraps, fat, grease, or other offensive animal matter;

(h) Rendering or drying out dead, undressed, and slaughtered animals; and

(i) Any other business or trade, whereby noisome stenches and odors and noxious gases arise or are generated.

105.4

Any person who causes, erects, creates, maintains, or continues a nuisance as defined in § 105.3, and who fails to abate the nuisance after due notice from the Mayor, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

105.5

Unclean and filthy slaughterhouses, rooms, buildings, or places where sheep, hogs, cattle, or other animals are slaughtered within the District shall be considered nuisances injurious to health.

105.6

Any person creating, keeping, or maintaining a nuisance as defined by § 105.5, who fails to abate the nuisance after due notice from the Mayor, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.

105.7

Crushing or breaking stone within the District by machines or otherwise, in a manner that creates offensive and deleterious dust shall be considered a nuisance injurious to health.

105.8

Any person creating or maintaining a nuisance as defined in § 105.7, who fails to abate the nuisance after due notice from the Mayor, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B105

8 DCRR §§ 2 -23 (1965)